Niccolo Aeed (Director) is a recent graduate from Swarthmore College. He has directed Tennessee Williams’ This Property Is Condemned, Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day, Seamus Heaney’s Cure at Troy and co-directed Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play with Louis Jargow. Niccolo is a cofounder of AD HOC Theater Company and performed in its collective creation at the 2008 Philly Fringe. He also writes and performs for This Thing of Ours, a sketch comedy group he cofounded.

Karen Burns (Costume Consultant) is a designer, actress, and stage manager living in Durham, NC, where she is pursuing a Masters in Social Work at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has designed costumes for various productions at Duke University and around North Carolina. Favorites include Ghosts, Woyzeck, The Last Five Years,Man of La Mancha,Hair, and Loyal Women.

Elizabeth A. Coco (Lighting Designer) has designed for several D.C. based choreographers and was the 2008 Lighting Intern for the New York City Ballet. While in New York, Elizabeth was also the Production Manager and Resident Lighting Designer for Thrive Dance Co NY. She is pursuing an MFA at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in Lighting Design. Elizabeth graduated with a B.A. in Theatre and in Studio Art from James Madison University. For more information about her work and upcoming designs, please visit www.ElizabethACoco.com.

Andrew Kurman (Music) has pursued music for the past 15 years in programs such as NJPAC's Jazz for Teens, the National Guitar Summer Workshop, and most recently producing and engineering at New York's Midtown Sound Studios. He has performed at over 20 of New York City's finest (and dirtiest) music venues. Andrew is committed to bringing his craft to audiences in New York and abroad.

Elissa Lerner (Playwright, Producer) recently directed her one-act play, Migration with NYU’s Gallatin Theatre Troupe. She is a freelance journalist and has written for ESPN the Magazine, Field & Stream, The Jewish Week, Latin America News Dispatch, and The Revealer, where she is also a contributing editor. She is an M.A. candidate and the 2009 Goren Fellow in Religious Studies and Journalism at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Elissa graduated cum laude in Religion and Theater Studies from Duke University. For more of her work, please visit www.elissalerner.net.

Michael Perkins (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be a part of this incredible experience. Michael is entering his senior year as a Theater Design major at Emerson College in Boston. He has numerous theatrical credits as performer, scenic and lighting designer. He is thankful to his family for their love and support. Twitter.com/mikeyperks

Chelsea Salyer (ACR) is thrilled to be a part of FringNYC. Chelsea has previously worked in company management for the Tony Award winning musical Spring Awakening (Broadway), Sleepwalk with Me starring Mike Birbiglia (Off-Broadway) and Brighton Beach Memoirs (Broadway) directed by David Cromer. She is a graduate of Duke University.